Nozawa Now: Friday 26th January 2024
- Jan 26, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 330cm
Posted on Friday 26th January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we even got a spell of sunshine down at base in the afternoon. The lower slopes were busier than usual, of course, with the top of the mountain closed.
This morning it still feels a bit windy, but the top area is back open. Woohoo! A lot of people are heading on up there right now to delight in all that lovely new snow.
It's mostly cloudy at the moment, with some very light snow falling at times, and there have been some patches of blue sky at times. (Are they 'patches'? Been in Japan too long...). The forecasts are for cloud/snow showers at times today. Perhaps there is more of a chance of clearer skies tomorrow.
The official ski area site is confusing me a bit with their snowfall reporting this morning. They seem to be reporting 17cm of snow overnight since 3pm on Yamabiko and 20cm on Hikage, but at the same time are also reporting some data in the 'since 8am' field. Perhaps that is just left over from yesterday. I don't know... if I get the chance, I'll ask Naski.
Anyway, fresh snow. Let's playing!
Fresh snowfall since yesterday 3pm (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 17cm
Uenotaira: 8cm
Hikage: 20cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 220cm
Uenotaira: 170cm
Hikage: 100cm
Nagasaka: 90cm
Karasawa: 70cm
All lifts apart from the following are scheduled to be operating:
Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses apart from the following are now open:
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Challenge 39 wall
Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 26th January 2024 Total snowfall at base 330cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 216cm reported on 12 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.